THE INDOFILES

The recent white-on-brown violence in Australia has brought on a flood of reaction from the desisphere. Shavran Kumar, the latest victim of an alleged hate crime, lies in critical condition, having being beaten by a group of white Australian kids who simultaneously suggested that he “go back to India”. The issue has escalated all the [...]

Yesterday, Sepia Mutiny profiled Nikki (Randhawa) Haley, an Indian American and new gubernatorial candidate for South Carolina (R).  Interested, we did some further investigation into Ms. Haley, and came away conflicted: on one hand, I very much wanted to support her quest to become the second South Asian governor. On the other hand, I really [...]

If you haven’t heard, Justice David Souter just announced his decision to retire from the Supreme Court. And so now Obama has his first chance to nominate someone. It’s all very exciting, if you are into this kind of thing. I have a little bit of the excitement one has when their favorite team has [...]

When I saw the news that the ObamaAdministration had decided to elect a fellow Indian brother three years older than me to be the CTO for the most powerful countryin the world, my first reaction was “Great! More brown representation in the White House”, followed immediately by my second reaction of “What am I doing [...]

Entertainment Weekly reported today that Kal Penn, of “Harold and Kumar” fame, has left his role on the television show House to join the Obama Administration. Kumar’s Penn’s official title will be the convoluted Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Liaison. We really have no idea what that means, but at least [...]